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Litany of Lies: A Third Grader’s Reading Log Exposed!

I often feel guilty that Shea and I don’t do a better job of keeping up Pace’s reading log but after doing a few “I’m a librarian.  I can confirm he’s reading all the time.  We’re good.”-type entries at the start of the year, we’ve slipped off completely. At least that means we won’t get any notes […]

Posted 12 May 2015 § Humour § Pace ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Yeah Baby! #Flames Eliminate The Canucks to Move To Round Two of #StanleyCup Playoffs

In 2004, I attended the Alberta Book Awards on the same evening as game six of the Canucks-Flames first round playoff series. As one of the event organizers, I kept providing updates on the score to the MC who relayed them to the partisan crowd (oh, those not-that-long-ago days before everyone had a smartphone in […]

Posted 26 April 2015 § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

How JK Rowling Plotted Harry Potter With A Hand-drawn Spreadsheet

Interesting.

Posted 08 April 2015 § Library § PopCulture § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Mark Zuckerberg Starts Online Book Club – Is He The Internet Generation’s Oprah?

Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg, has started an online book club to help facilitate his annual resolution.  Other years, he’s pledged to do everything from study Mandarin to wearing a tie every day to meeting one new person (who doesn’t work for Facebook) each day.  This year, he’s aiming to read at least one book every […]

Posted 04 January 2015 § Internet § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

“What If: Serious Scientific Answers to Ridiculous Hypothetical Questions”

Posted 23 December 2014 § Internet § PopCulture § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

19 Unbelievably Laughable Book Fails

Some funny stuff.

Posted 16 November 2014 § Humour § PopCulture § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

What Book Publishers Can Learn From Luxury Brands

Here’s an interesting argument from the Globe & Mail that book publishers hurt themselves right out of the gate by allowing retailers to set the terms (discounts, merchandising, etc.) by which their books – even the high-demand latest releases – are sold. It goes on to say that publishers should act like luxury good brands […]

Posted 09 November 2014 § Library § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

10 Novels That Are Scarier Than Most Horror Movies

Boo!

Posted 28 October 2014 § List § MemoryLane § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

An Illustrated Talk With Maurice Sendak

Posted 26 October 2014 § Library § PopCulture § Sad § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – What Quote or Line From A Book That Changed Your Life?

A fun question on /r/books. Not sure what my pick would be – maybe “So it goes” from Slaughterhouse Five as a perfect illustration of how shit happens and then we die? Or on a more optimistic note: ““And I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think […]

Posted 24 October 2014 § FridayFunLink § Library § List § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: